Sampler (Tale within a Tail)

I passed by his garden and marked with one eye How the fish and the monkey were sharing a pie. The monkey took apple and raisin and suet While the fish spent its time spitting crust at the cruet. When the feast was all over, the ponderous fish Decided to fashion a home from the dish. The monkey observed this and thought it a whale To balance the bowl on the tip of its tail.